Furniture



A. ERNEST March 14, 1933.

FURNI TURE Filed Dec. 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l A. ERNEST mm M, 1933.,

FURNITURE Filed Dec. 5. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet '2 Patented Mar, 14, 1933UNITED STATES PAT T OF E? ALBERT ERNEST, or CHICAGO, rLLInoIs FURNITUREApplication filed December 5, 1929. Serial No. 411,915.

This invention relates in general to furniture, and more particularly toimprovements in cushioned seats, such as chairs, davenports, sofas andthe like, and, while'the invention is illustrated and described asapplied to an article of furniture commonly known as a davenport, itwill be understood that the in- 'vention is useful in other analogousarticles of furniture,and, therefore, finds a Wide field of utility.

Those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains will understandthat in the ordinary common construction of daven ports, cushionedchairs'and the like, there is provided an underframe With arm rests anda back, and this frame is usually supported on legsat a desired heightfrom the floor. Within this frame is supported a spring-containingstructure Which extends usually not more than the depth of the frame,and upon the spring structure thus provided there are placed one or morecushions which may also contain springs, and, in many in- 7 it ispractically impossible to clean this part stances, are made in sectionsso that essentially two spring structures are included in the completearticle of furniture, that is,

in the seating portion thereof. This con,- struction requires theprovision of a fixed spring structure in the underframe and also afabric covering for this spring structure which,'as well known to thoseskilled in the art, is prone to collect dust and dirt, and that of thefurniture. a

The principal obj ects of this invention are to provide an article offurniture of the character referred to wherein the cushions themselvescontain the sole spring seat-structure of the furniture, that is, thecushions are removable but are increased in depth and are supportedbythe underframe, there being no intermediate spring structure provided.

In this manner the cushions, containing the entire spring structure andbeing supported on a'webbing or steel straps which are attached to thetop of the underframe, maybe readily removed for airing or cleaning.This invention further eliminates the usually present'along the ends atthe arm rests and at'the back of the davenport, in

I'BCESS ,which dust'and dirt-can collect. When the cushions are removedit exposesthe under I strap or webbing structure and permits 1 of theapplication of avacuum cleaner'or'other sweeping meansdirectly to thewebbing so that there is no opportunity for any dust-or dirtto lodge inthe seat cushions for any apthe provlslon of improved tylng meansfor Iwhich the construction is considerably simplified and in whichthecost ofproduction may, therefore, bematerially reduced. i,

'Theforegoingand such other objects andadvantages as may appear or bepointed-out as this description'proceeds are attained in the structuralembodiment in'which I Figurel is an elevational view'of an article Y offurniture constructed in accordance with this invention; a Figure2 isanend elevationalvie'w ofthe same partly broken away tolshow the underconstruction; a i

Figure '3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing a detail of'theconstruction shown in Figure 2; a

Figure 4 is a top, plan of the structure shown in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is aplan view, partly'in elevation and partly in secti0n,=ofoneof the seat cushions; I M

Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 66, part being shown inelevation, looking in the direction indicated bythearrows;

'the spring members of the article of'furniture and theprovlsion ingeneral of an article of furniture ofthe character referred to in Figure7is an enlarged detail view of a part of the seat cushion construction;

, Figure 8 is an enlarged elevational view of a the spring tyingelement; 1' l Figure 9 is'a sectional View taken on the snoeeasaaaa nihetmre aaa eiwrai line 99 of Figure 8 looking in the direction indicatedby the arrows;

Figure 10 is a View similar to Figure' 8 of another form of the springtying means, and

, mountedon frontlegs 6, 6, the'rear legs 7 supporting theunderframeatthebackof the ar Aticlevof furniture and; usuallyextendingup other construction. At the ends of the daveninto the back rest 8which is'of the usually so-called overstufi'edvtype or may be of-any fport there are provided arm rests 9' and 10 joined with the back rest 8and built up in overstuffed fashion on the underframe.

The underframe usually comprises a fronturail 11 andjrear rail .12 andendrails i 13, only one'of the latter appearing in the drawings, It iscustomary, also, to'provide enport or, of a so-called easy chair, thespring 7 structure of the underfram ing has;been sup j ported overanunder cloth webbing attached I 51 0 theunde'r part of therails ,;12, lg,14, and

av a nai theran iol aw slim h hr Fi-"geres a an '1' erra tahsreaee snesrw as steame r intermediate transverse rails Mfand' 15, as shown inFigure l.

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which will presently be described, and thus contain the sole springseatingj structure of the articlegof furniture.

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Where the convolutions 37 or 38 of the volution 37 of the spring member.When the lugs are bent over, the spring member is prevented fromdlsengagement from 1ts proper relationship with the frame, the lugsbeing arranged so that they form an interlocking engagement in effectsimilar to the lugs in Figures 8 and 9. r

The spring structure thus assembled is then enclosed in a fabricenvelope 50 which may be burlap or any other suitable fabric, and thisenvelope is tied to the frame member by suitable stitching, such asheavy twine or the like, indicated at 51 in Figure 5. In order to placethe spring members under partial compression, I provide flexible membersof heavy twine, indicated at 52 in Figures 5 and 6, which is attached tothe opposite top and bottom walls of the envelope 50.

After the envelope is applied to the spring structure, I then'upholsterthe same to form the complete cushion by applying thereto a filler 53 ofcotton, or the like, and then a fabric outer covering 54 of any desireddesign, the top and bottom peripheral edges of the cover 54 beingprovided with beads 55 and 56. The construction of the beads 55 and 56is bestillustrated in Figure 7. A roll 58 of the desired color ornature, which is to make up the final outside upholstering, isprovidedand contains a filler 59 of cotton or the like. The roll 58 isplaced about the cotton and stitched, as indicated at 60, to form a pairof tabs 61, and the outer covering 62 of the cushion is blind stitched,as indicated at 63, so that when the covering is completely assembled,the stitching is h dden by the outer covering of the cushion.

The present invention makes it possible to remove entirely the springstructure which, in previous structures of this character known to me,act as dust collectors and eventually nece ssitate the completeopening-ofthe'spring structure in the bottom of the article; offurniture in order to properlyclean 'it, In

bing of the article of' furniture may be readily and quickly cleaned-ofanvdustaccumulating thereon.

Where I employ the expressionsnetting or webbing inthel claims it is tobe linden stood that these expressions are interchangeable and eitherametallic netting or 'afa bric webbing may be 'employedas desired. i

Having thus described my inventionand illustrated its use, what I claimas newand desire to's'ecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In furniture, in combination, a substantially horizontal underframecomprising front, end and rear rails forming a structure adapted to'besupported at apredetermined height above the floor, a netting secured tothe top surfaces of said rails and extending across the underframe atsubstantially the same height as said top surfaces and provided with aretaining roll, and a removable said rails and netting and retained bysaid retaining roll, said cushion being of a depth substantially equalto the height of said means supporting said underframe, aback and endrests supported .on said underframe, a netting secured to and overlyingthe top surfaces of said rails and spanning the space therebetween to.form a substantially horizontal seat supportand removable seat memberssupported by said netting and of a depth spring filled cushion membersupportedon substantially equal .to the height of the-top of saidunderframe from the floor.

3,. In a. davenport, in combination, a substantially horizontalunderframe comprising spacedfront, end and rear rails, means supportingsaid underframe, a back and end rests supported on said underframe, anetting secured to and overlying the top surfaces of said rails andspanning the space'therebe l tween to form a substantially horizontalseat 'supportand removable seat members supQ ported by said netting andof a depth subthe entire depth of said seat members.

4. In furniture, a frame'comprising spaced side and end rails, a nettingspanning the space-between saidrails, a bottom lining sc i cured to thetop of one of said rails beneath said netting, a fabric roll blindtacked to the top of said rail and extending to saidnetting,

and a top lining over said netting, and blind tacked, together with theinner edge of said fabric roll, adjacent to the rear edge of said rail.)7

V 5. In furniture, having removable seat cushions, a frame comprisingspaced side and end rails, a netting spanning thespace between saidrails, a bottom lining secured to the top of onev of said rails beneathsaid netting, a fabric rolleblind'tacked to the top of said rail andextending to said netting, and atop liningv over said webbing andblindtacked, together with the inner edge of said fabric r011 adjacent to therear edge of said roll, said webbing and frame forming the sole supportfor said seat cushions. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed myname. I

' ALBERT ERNEST.

